Ye Fan and the Black Emperor walked straight into the Jiang Family's Stone Workshop in the Stone District. Today, Ye Fan intended to show the Jiang Family what he was made of on an entirely different front!
"After today, the Jiang Family's faces will probably turn green. They'll never welcome me back to their Stone Workshop!" Brimming with confidence, Ye Fan took his starting funds and began picking out stones.
Since this was his first time putting the Divine Art into practice, Ye Fan decided to warm up with the Source Arts from the Source Heaven Book and get a feel for things.
The Jiang Family's Stone Workshop was bustling because of Ye Fan. After all, most people enjoyed watching others Gambling on Stones.
The joy when something emerged and the disappointment when nothing did—one rise, one fall—made it thrilling.
More importantly, nine out of ten bets ended in losses, and they weren't the ones cutting the stones. A loss wouldn't hurt their pockets.
The Wicked Daoist Duan De had come too. Since their first encounter, he had crossed paths with Ye Fan several more times and worked with the Black Emperor a few times as well. The two men and one dog were on fairly good terms.
"Brother Ye, listen to me. Pick this one. There's bound to be treasure inside!" Duan De hooked an arm around Ye Fan's shoulders and pointed to an excellent-looking stone that occasionally displayed strange phenomena.
Ye Fan examined the stone with his Source Arts, and the corner of his eye twitched.
There was nothing inside. It was all show and no substance, and the Stone Workshop was full of stones like it.
Ye Fan shook his head. Disappointed, Duan De pulled him over to another stone, one whose dazzling effects were turned up